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What causes low evaporator refrigerant temperature on air conditioner?
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What device causes the refrigerant to undergo transition from a liquid to gas?
evaporator
What causes the air return not to pull air and unit to freeze up?
The evaporator coil is starving for refrigerant. Basically what is happening is the refrigerant pressure/temperature is low enough to cause the humidity in the air to freeze on the evaporator coil. This cause a air restriction, hence insufficient to no indoor air flow. Usual common cause is a low charge of refrigerant or a restriction in the metering device, although not the only possible causes.
What causes the evaporator to freeze on a reach-in cooler?
Most likely a bad thermostat or refrigerant leak.
What causes an air conditioner to blow warm air?
The system can be low on refrigerant
What does the AC evaporator do on a 1988 Nissan 300ZX?
The evaporator is the part on a vehicle with an air-conditioning system which causes the refrigerant liquid under pressure to change to gas.
Does refrigerant enter the compressor as a low temperature low pressure gas?
Yes. The basic components of the refrigeration system are the refrigerant, compressor, condenser and receiver, expansion device and the evaporator. One cycle: Refrigerant travels to Compressor (A) to Condenser (B) to Expansion device (C) to evaporator (D). The refrigerant gas at low pressure and temperature is drawn into the compressor. The gas is compressed to a higher pressure, which causes an increase in the temperature. The refrigerant gas at a high pressure and temperature passes to the condenser (point B), where it is cooled (the refrigerant gives up its latent heat) and then condenses to a liquid. The high pressure, low temperature liquid is collected in the receiver. The high pressure liquid is routed through an expansion valve (point C), where it undergoes an abrupt reduction in pressure. That pressure reduction causes part of the liquid to immediately vaporize or flash. The vapor and remaining liquid are cooled to the saturation temperature (boiling point) of the liquid at the reduced pressure. At this point most of the refrigerant is a liquid. The boiling point of the liquid is low, due to the low pressure. When the liquid refrigerant enters the evaporator (point D), it absorbs heat from the process and boils. The refrigerant gas is now at low pressure and temperature, and enters the suction side of the compressor, completing the cycle.
To what temperature can a window air conditioner cool your room?
It depends on the BTU of the air coditioner, the cubic footage of space in the room to be cooled, and the temperature and humidity in the room. Under best conditions, an standard air conditioner can only cool a room to the mid 60's. Any colder than this causes the evaporator to ice over, clogging the air flow into the room, which causes the temperature to rise, even though the air conditioner is still running.
How does a split air conditioner work?
All refrigeration cycles operate on the theory of changing states of a refrigerant to remove and reject heat. To remove heat, liquid refrigerant is exposed to the air passing through the evaporator, the removed heat causes the liquid refrigerant to boil, or change state liquid to a vapor, consequently, the heat is rejected by removing heat and condensing the vapor back to a liquid.
Why is subcooling desirable?
It increases the efficiency of the system since the amount of heat being removed per pound of refrigerant circulated is greater. In other words, you pump less refrigerant through the system to maintain the refrigerated temperature you want. This reduces the amount of time that the compressor must run to maintain the temperature. The amount of capacity boost which you get with each degree of subcooling varies with the refrigerant being used. Subcooling is beneficial because it prevents the liquid refrigerant from changing to a gas before it gets to the evaporator. Pressure drops in the liquid piping and vertical risers can reduce the refrigerant pressure to the point where it will boil or "flash" in the liquid line. This change of phase causes the refrigerant to absorb heat before it reaches the evaporator. Inadequate subcooling prevents the expansion valve from properly metering liquid refrigerant into the evaporator, resulting in poor system performance.
What does the evaporator do in an air conditioning system?
The evaporator transforms the refrigerant from a liquid state to a gaseous state, and also causes it to absorb heat drawn from the vehicle's passenger compartment and transfer that heat to the outside air.
How is cool air produced in an air conditioner?
Heat and humidity is drawn from the area being cooled (a room, the passenger compartment of a vehicle, etc.) and is exchanged to the refrigerant. The refrigerant gets pressurized and heated even more, then it passes through the condenser. The temperature difference causes a rapid heat exchange, as the cooler air absorbs the heat from the refrigerant in a heat exchange.
Why is change of state important to air conditioning?
The refrigerant change of state is what causes the heat transfer. The refrigerant is a low-pressure liquid when it's in the evaporator, which absorbs heat from the air, cooling it. The absorption of the heat causes the refrigerant to boil (change state from liquid to gas). The gas is then brought to the condenser in the front of the car where it cools (rejects heat out) and condenses back to a liquid.
